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| Language | French |
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Former name | Cahiers antispécistes lyonnais |
| History | 1991–2019 |
| Frequency | Quarterly, annually |
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| ISO 4 | Cah. Antispécistes |
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| ISSN | 1162-2709 |
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TheCahiers antispécistes ("Antispeciesist notebooks"), originally calledCahiers antispécistes lyonnais ("Lyon antispeciesist notebooks"), was a French-language journal published from 1991 to 2019, with the aim of disseminatingantispeciesist ideas and stimulating debate onanimal ethics, particularly on the distinction betweenanimal liberation andecology.[1] It was published quarterly during its first years of existence, then annually. Issue 43, the last issue, was published in August 2019.[2]
David Olivier,Yves Bonnardel and three other French activists in May 1989 published a pamphletNous ne mangeons pas de viande pour ne pas tuer d'animaux ("We don't eat meat so we don't kill animals"), in response to debate aroundvegetarianism in the animal protection movement in France. Soon afterwards, they contactedPaola Cavalieri, an Italian activist and philosopher, about the possibility of creating a journal.[3]
The journal was founded in 1991 asCahiers antispécistes lyonnais, by Olivier, Bonnardel and Françoise Blanchon; they were the first people in France to use the term antispeciesism and speak out against it.[4] The journal's name came from what its first three editors defined as its focus: "to question speciesism and to explore the scientific, cultural and political implications of such a project".[5] The original intention was to have similar journals published in many different cities throughout France; by September 1994, these failed to materialise, so "lyonnais" was dropped from the name.[3] The journal used the subtitle "revue de lutte pour la libération animale" ("journal of the fight for animal liberation") from its original publication to 1996, before changing it to "réflexion et action pour l'égalité animale" ("reflection and action for animal equality") in 1998.[6]
As well as articles onmoral philosophy,Cahiers antispécistes contained translated versions and commentaries of texts written by English-speakinganimal rights authors, includingTom Regan andPeter Singer.[7] It also included interviews with leaders within the radical animal rights movement.[8] The journal's publication and analysis of antispeciesist texts was considered to be "a militant project in itself".[9] It also criticised theconcept of a species, as "taxonomic constructions essentially meant to categorise and justify human superiority".[10]
Olivier was editor from 1991 to 2004, Blanchon from 1991 to 1996, the date that Bonnardel ceased being an editor is uncertain, but it was during the 1990s.Brigitte Gothière and Estiva Reus were editors from 1998 to 2019.[5]
La révolution antispéciste ("The antispeciesist revolution"), a selection of twelve texts fromCahiers antispécistes, published by thePresses Universitaires de France in 2018, constitutes according to, the author of the preface,Renan Larue, "a way of doing justice" to the writers and editors ofCahiers Antispécistes, whose work has for 30 years been "thought on the margins of academia" and have "often encountered complete indifference".[11]
